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largely increased. He begged to thank Mr. Mundahl on 

 behalf of the Committee for his most excellent paper. 



The CHAIRMAN, in putting the vote of thanks, said he 

 naturally took the very greatest interest in the paper, not 

 only for its own value, but on account of the gentleman who 

 had read it, for being so essentially connected with Grimsby, 

 everything to do with fishing and those engaged in it must 

 have the deepest interest for him. He could not attempt 

 to compete with the gentlemen who had already spoken in 

 their knowledge of this subject. Sir Edward Watkin had, 

 perhaps, in railway enterprise done more for fishing than any 

 man living, the proof of which was shown by the statement 

 given in the paper of the position of Grimsby with regard to 

 fishing some twenty or thirty years ago compared with what 

 it was now. If any further proof were required he would 

 recommend any one to read the very excellent report of the 

 Committee which sat last year on the condition of fishing 

 lads and others engaged in the trade in England and 

 Scotland. He entirely agreed with what had fallen from 

 Sir Edward Watkin and Mr. Mundahl with regard to the 

 way in which the fishing interest was neglected by public 

 departments. He thought it was a disgrace that we had not 

 with our large fleets a man-of-war or gunboat always at hand, 

 not only to be a protection to boats when fishing, but also 

 to be there ready to give assistance when those sudden 

 squalls or gales came on which had done so much to make 

 widows and orphans during the last two or three years. If 

 a gunboat or a man-of-war had been on the spot in March 

 last they would not now have been required to raise a large 

 fund for the widows and orphans of Hull and Grimsby, 

 which he regretted to say they were obliged to do now ; at 

 the same time he hoped that all would generously con- 

 tribute to the relief of that which was almost a national 



